Turkey’s Mardan Palace, Fouquet Barriere Paris, and Grandes Alpes – among the winners of the 20th World Travel Awards,

World Travel Award winners triumph in Europe.    World Travel Awards celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year and is acknowledged across the globe as the ultimate travel accolade, celebrating those companies and organisations that are pushing the boundaries of industry excellence in product and service. Lufthansa, Cornelia, Mantis, Intercontinental, Avis, and Kuoni were among the … Read more

The record for the world’s tallest tower to be broken yet again by the Shard team

Saudia Arabia’s Kingdom Tower will be the tallest in the world The Shard team intends to broke the record for the world’s tallest tower with a Saudi Shard version that will stand 1km tall and will will be four times bigger than Shard, currently western Europe’s tallest building. London-based Mace, the British company that built … Read more

Park Hyatt Hyderabad, the first city Park Hyatt hotel in India

Hyatt Hotels Corporation opened the first city Park Hyatt hotel in India in Hyderabad. The financial, economic and political capital of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad is one of the richest cities in India and has been named the second best Indian city for doing business, according to a World Bank Group report. Park Hyatt Hyderabad isthe … Read more

2012 new hotels and resorts

The new hotels & resort of 2012 Bulgari Hotel, London Following the same lines as the original Bulgari hotel in Milan, the 78-room London hotel which will be run by Ritz-Carlton is scheduled to open in April on the site of the former Normandie Hotel in Knightsbridge, overlooking Knightsbridge Green. The Bulgari luxury hotel will … Read more

Mariah Carey’s Massive Tribeca Penthouse Is Finally Stealing the Spotlight It Deserves

A Downtown Palace Fit for Pop Royalty: Mariah Carey’s Tribeca Penthouse Steps into the Spotlight Perched atop Franklin Tower at 90 Franklin Street in Tribeca, a glittering triplex penthouse is stepping out of the wings and into the spotlight—this time not for a music video, but for the buyer’s market. Mariah Carey’s longtime New York … Read more

The Haute Couture Suite that thinks like Isabelle Huppert

There are hotel suites that impress, and there are hotel suites that say something. The Haute Couture Suite by Isabelle Huppert, on the sixth floor of the Mandarin Oriental Lutetia in Paris, belongs firmly to the second category — and with its latest additions, it has grown considerably more articulate. This is not a suite … Read more